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R-Controlled Vowels Worksheet, Four Skill Sections
All five r-controlled vowels, one page. This r-controlled vowels worksheet moves kids from picture identification straight through to sentence drawing without losing momentum.
The r-controlled vowels worksheet opens with a color-coded title listing ar, er, ir, or, ur in five distinct colors, plus a smiling star graphic and a definition box explaining how r changes vowel sounds. Section A pairs five clipart images, a barn, a blue feather, a robin, a fork, and a ball of yarn, with blank lines for students to write the matching vowel pattern.
Section B asks kids to circle the r-controlled sound inside ten printed words like farm, fern, bird, corn, and circus. Section C moves into fill-in-the-blank sentences, and Section D closes with a read-and-draw prompt using the sentence ‘The girl put her purple purse on the brown chair.’ A cheerful outdoor scene with a sunshine, trees, and a winding path fills the right side of the page. The sheet balances quick recognition tasks with open-ended response, making it feel varied rather than repetitive.
Practice all five r-controlled vowel sounds with this r-controlled vowels worksheet covering identification, circling, fill-in, and drawing activities.
Best Activities in This R-Controlled Vowels Worksheet
Usage Notes
Gel pens in five colors work beautifully here if you want to color-code each vowel pattern as kids circle answers in Section B. Colored pencils are a natural fit for shading the Section D drawing box without bleeding through the page. Avoid broad-tip markers near the definition box and fill-in lines, where the text is small and spacing is tight.
Printing Tips
Twenty-pound copy paper handles this worksheet fine at 100 percent scale. Scaling down risks shrinking the blank lines in Section C to the point where young writers struggle to fit their letters, so keep it full size.